!!!Sonnenberg

Sonnenberg, Vorarlberg, in the municipality of Nueziders, district of 
Bludenz. Sonnenberg Castle was conquered and destroyed by mercenaries 
led by Burkhard von Knoeringen in 1473 and sent by Sigmund von Tirol; 
in 1474 the Counts of Sonnenberg renounced their lands in favour of 
the Habsburgs, who conquered the Innerwalgau region and became rulers 
of the area stretching from Arlberg mountain to the river Rhine.

!Literature
H. Sander, Die Erwerbung der Grafschaft Sonnenberg durch 
Oesterreich, 1888.


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